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Irina Templeton
Founder and Artistic Director

     Irina was born in Russia. She studied Theatre Art at the University of Art and Culture in St.Petersburg, where she graduated from with a Masters degree in Drama. She has more than 20 years of stage experience as a director, scriptwriter and producer. Irina managed her own production company for six years as an artistic director and producer in collaboration with international cultural organizations from Belgium, Poland and Germany. In the Vancouver theatre scene, Irina directed Black Snow by Bulgakov, Wild Honey by Chekhov, and The Seagull by Chekhov for the United Players. Also Irina directed an original production An Artist's Dream for the Summer Stock Festival at the University of British Columbia and directed and produced a short documentary film An Artist's dream for the Vancouver Rogers TV channel in 1999.

     In April 2003 she worked on the production of a new Canadian play Wanted by Sally Clark for the Nakai Theatre in the Yukon. In May 2003 she received the Canada Council for the Arts Translation Grant and translated this play into Russian. In July 2005 Irina directed the reading of The Seagull at the Christ Church Cathedral for the Benefit for PAL Vancouver.
     In May 2007 she directed the Shakespeare play Hamlet as the first production of the Centre of the Creative Initiatives, which she registered in February 2006.

Terrence Loychuk
Spiritual Leader

    My name is Terrence Loychuk and if you already know my name through one or more of the many interests I have pursued during the course of my life, then enough said. In the end first impressions carry the day and nothing I did before or after our initial chemistry will do much to change it. Sobeit! This pathetic cry for attention should, I guess, be addressed to the many millions of people outside my normal sphere of influence; however in attempting to communicate my authentic essence with strangers ‘outside my normal sphere’ I am obviously behaving abnormally [pursuing abnormal goals]. I guess it could be argued that anything is better than ‘same old same old’. In this situation, I am very mindful of the fact that saying yes to anything is like getting engaged and we all know what that can lead to. It is always easier and requires no commitment and no action to say no. So with all that in mind let me offer you a list of my life’s incomplete conclusions that you can easily say not interested or I don’t get it and who could blame you. However be forewarned, if in any of the following utterances you find anything the least bit interesting or want to know more about anything or admire anything or are even mildly curious about anything and you communicate that to me, then I might very well ask you to commit and do something or buy your way out.

Never forget that the creative gesture achieves its lowest form in the completed work and it is from the process that the artist profits.

Making up your own mind proves you have one.

A high emotional IQ turns happiness into low hanging fruit.

Pretending is the highest form of conscious expression.

Flesh and spirit should be respected equally.

The new fame is anonymity.

© 2008 The Centre for Creative Initiatives

Irina Templeton Founder and Artistic Director	Irina was born in Russia. She studied Theatre Art at the University of Art and Culture in St.Petersburg, where she graduated from with a Masters degree in Drama. She has more than 20 years of stage experience as a director, scriptwriter and producer. Irina managed her own production company for six years as an artistic director and producer in collaboration with international cultural organizations from Belgium, Poland and Germany. In the Vancouver theatre scene, Irina directed Black Snow by Bulgakov, Wild Honey by Chekhov, and The Seagull by Chekhov for the United Players. Also Irina directed an original production An Artist's Dream for the Summer Stock Festival at the University of British Columbia and directed and produced a short documentary film An Artist's dream for the Vancouver Rogers TV channel in 1999. In April 2003 she worked on the production of a new Canadian play Wanted by Sally Clark for the Nakai Theatre in the Yukon. In May 2003 she received the Canada Council for the Arts Translation Grant and translated this play into Russian. In July 2005 Irina directed the reading of The Seagull at the Christ Church Cathedral for the Benefit for PAL Vancouver. In May 2007 she directed the Shakespeare play Hamlet as the first production of the Centre of the Creative Initiatives, which she registered in February 2006.



Terrence Loychuk Spiritual Leader	My name is Terrence Loychuk and if you already know my name through one or more of the many interests I have pursued during the course of my life, then enough said. In the end first impressions carry the day and nothing I did before or after our initial chemistry will do much to change it. Sobeit! This pathetic cry for attention should, I guess, be addressed to the many millions of people outside my normal sphere of influence; however in attempting to communicate my authentic essence with strangers ‘outside my normal sphere’ I am obviously behaving abnormally [pursuing abnormal goals]. I guess it could be argued that anything is better than ‘same old same old’. In this situation, I am very mindful of the fact that saying yes to anything is like getting engaged and we all know what that can lead to. It is always easier and requires no commitment and no action to say no. So with all that in mind let me offer you a list of my life’s incomplete conclusions that you can easily say not interested or I don’t get it and who could blame you. However be forewarned, if in any of the following utterances you find anything the least bit interesting or want to know more about anything or admire anything or are even mildly curious about anything and you communicate that to me, then I might very well ask you to commit and do something or buy your way out. Never forget that the creative gesture achieves its lowest form in the completed work and it is from the process that the artist profits. Making up your own mind proves you have one. A high emotional IQ turns happiness into low hanging fruit. Pretending is the highest form of conscious expression. Flesh and spirit should be respected equally. The new fame is anonymity.









© 2008 The Centre for Creative Initiatives